Come to hear from Pulitzer Prize winners Eli Saslow, Lane DeGregory & Mark Warren.

Stay for the food & drinks.

And suffer me waxing poetic about the power of sports journalism. 💪😜🏈

ESPN quoted a California-based lawyer who said the Phoenix #Suns may have broken the law by making employees sign arbitration agreements to keep their jobs.
 
But that’s perfectly legal in Arizona, three local labor & employment attorneys tell @azcentral.com

I was a stand-on-the-couch, scream-at-the-TV, bleeding-green #Eagles fan, the kid who wore the “DALLAS SUCKS” T-shirt to gym class, figuratively raised in the 700 level at Veterans Stadium.

I was a Troy Vincent fan.

I’m still a Troy Vincent fan. 👏👏👏 www.azcentral.com/story/sports...

Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year changes rules to ensure compliance with nonprofit laws.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

GREAT SUCCESS! After 3+ years of my reporting on widespread waste & mismanagement, the NFL will require charities founded by Walter Payton Man of the Year nominees follow basic state & federal nonprofit laws.

Change comes after I told Troy Vincent the last 2 winners & his charity were noncompliant.

Bri Dillingham hugged Cam Skattebo when #ASU won the Big 12.

“He was saying something along the lines of, ‘This is all because of (Kenny),” she told @azcentral.com.

“But I wanted to remind him that he was where he was too because of everything that he’s done.

“It takes a team.”

Just unboxed this gorgeous piece of hardware. Pretty sweet!

The winning portfolio included my @azcentral.com investigations into:

• College football players caught human smuggling bit.ly/4mHGdmC

• NFL players’ charities bit.ly/45RwR28

• Little League bullying bit.ly/47rMZso

FanDuel Sportsbook at Phoenix Suns arena to cease operations.

The retail location paid out more in winnings than was wagered in 4 of past 6 months for which data is available from AZ Dept of Gaming.

>99% of sports betting in the state happens online.

#Giants rookie Cam Skattebo denies jumping up & down on golf cart, liability for former ASU teammate’s injury in court filing

Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham earned more than $3M in bonus money in a single school year, surpassing former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh. #ForksUp @azcentral.com www.azcentral.com/story/sports...

What’s the categorically denied allegation of an affair between the Phoenix #Suns CEO & a #WNBA player even doing in a seemingly unrelated workplace discrimination lawsuit?

@azcentral.com puts the lurid accusation that gripped social media this week in context.

What’s the categorically denied allegation of an affair between the Phoenix #Suns CEO & a #WNBA player even doing in a seemingly unrelated workplace discrimination lawsuit?

@azcentral.com puts the lurid accusation that gripped social media this week in context.

On the podium with Sally Jenkins & Steve Politi!?

Thank you to the Society for Features Journalism for this tremendous honor & to @azcentral.com for the resources to produce some of the best sports journalism in America! 🧐🏆🎉

@sallyjenx.bsky.social @stevepoliti.bsky.social @wearesfj.bsky.social

Thrilled to win the 2025 National Headliner Award for sports news writing for my work at @azcentral.com! The portfolio touched pro, college & youth sports & featured investigations into human smuggling, NFL players’ charities & Little League bullying. 🧐🏆🎉 www.headlinerawards.org/2025-print-p...

This story about alleged migrant smuggling by Arizona Christian University football players just won 1st place for immigration & border reporting & 2nd place for sports reporting in the 2025 Best of the West contest. www.azcentral.com/story/sports...

Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia has fired three NBA head coaches in 23 months: Monty Williams, Frank Vogel & Mike Budenholzer, paying them as much as $85M combined to go away. 🏀💰🧐

“They don’t really balance the budget in a way that any normal person thinks they’re balancing the budget.”

Arizona State athletics “break even” with $50M+ subsidy from school in final year in Pac-12, a year after reporting record $27M operating deficit.

Lawyer for ex-ASU football player suing Cam Skattebo & ABOR for negligence, $300K+ said golf cart incident at practice caused laceration “all the way down to the bone” & ruptured elbow tendon that “required surgery & months of physical therapy” not paid by the school.

Proud to win a second consecutive APSE national top 10 award for investigative reporting since joining The Arizona Republic, my third in four years! 🏆🏆🏆

My investigation into human smuggling by football players at Arizona Christian University & lawmakers’ efforts to stop cartels from recruiting kids on social media has published as a special section in today’s print edition of @usatoday.com. www.azcentral.com/story/sports...

*Checking with the Arizona State Registrar's office*

Pac-12 teams won the Big Ten & Big 12.